Category: Chamber Music / Clarinet
Instrumentation: clarinet and piano
Publisher: ALRY Publications
Dedication: Written for clarinetist Jennifer Hughson
Recordings: Ask of Me What the Birds Sang

Wrapped in the Wind and the Sun is a reflective work for clarinet and piano, written for clarinetist Jennifer Hughson. Cast in two short connected movements, the piece returns at the end of the second movement to the opening theme of the first, giving the work a clear cyclical shape and a sense of expressive completion.

The music highlights the clarinet’s lyrical warmth and capacity for nuanced phrasing, supported by Baxter’s clear formal design and contemporary tonal language. Its intimate scale and introspective character make it well suited for recital programs featuring modern clarinet repertoire with strong melodic focus.

Wrapped in the Wind and the Sun offers clarinetists an opportunity to shape long lyrical lines and explore expressive color across two concise movements. The return of the first movement’s opening theme at the end of the second provides performers with a meaningful structural and emotional point of arrival.